David is a 2009 graduate of Riverhead High School, where he was
a Team Captain his senior year and was selected All-League in both
his junior and senior years. He is the son of Charles and Marybeth
Zilnicki.

Senior year...Played in 41 games with 39
starts...Named First Team All-Conference, ABCA/Rawlings First
Team All-Region, d3baseball.com First Team All-Region and Third
Team All-American...Ranked fifth in the nation in stolen bases,
sixth in on-base perfentage and 15th in batting average...Led the
Skyline in runs scored and on-base percentage, ranked second in
batting average, third in stolen bases and slugging percentage,
fourth in hits and sixth in total bases...Named to All-Farmingdale
State Team.

Junior year...Appeared in 42 games, while
starting 40...Batted .326 in 135 at-bats...Ranked second in the
nation in triples (9) and third in triples per game...Had a
team-high 14 extra base hits and was second on the team with 35
runs scored...Stole 14 bases on the season.

Sophomore year...Appeared in 40 games and was
second on the team with a .344 batting average...Led the team in on
base percentage (.442) and stolen bases (20)...Named Second team
All-Skyline Conference

Freshman year...Named First Team All-Skyline.
Started 12 games at Third Base. Finished 4th on the team with a
.468 on-base percentage and 7th with a .365 batting average.